HELLO EVERYBODY! Next week is March Break. There will be regular lessons on Saturday, March 9th. There will be NO lessons from March 10th through March 17th. Regular lesson schedules resume on March 18th. If you have any questions, please call the office directly at 416-651-7529, or text our 2-way system at 226-799-4939. Thank you!
Myles Xylophone --C major scale --identifying the musical alphabet --up to p16 in the pno book ACDC: Back in Black --GREAT!! you've pretty much mastered the whole song. Basically the bridge section needs work yet ----the main thing with the bridge section is to get into that new groove on time, put the crashes in the right place, and get [...]
Happy March everyone! <3 I appreciate you all so much! Hakim B Major scale - in preparation for the Zelda piece. This scale only has two white keys, which makes the standard fingering seem very logical. B C# D# E F# G# A# B. RH fingering is same as always 123 12345. LH will start finger 4! It will go [...]
Everyone is sounding awesome! Great, great job everyone! Way to put in the work! Liam At Night at the River - hands together. The 4 bars that I underlined need isolation. When playing any left hand line, think long-short-long -short. Be sure to disconnect the line and move your hand, rather than stretch the octave between the F#s. Beethoven in [...]
Hakim Pumpkin Boogie - This piece is in ternary form which is a fancy word for saying there's an A part, B part, and then the A comes back. You are doing a great job of the RH rhythm!! Careful reading is important because this piece uses both B naturals AND B flats. Listen here. G major scale hands together [...]
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Liam At Night on the River - more hands seperate. Once you can really feel the 3 beats per measure in both hands this will flow a lot easier. Feel the long-short-long-short of the LH. *New* Beethoven in Piano Pronto - 1st page. The down-up-up-up feel is super important to getting both the accent as well as the two-note slur [...]
Have a great long weekend everyone! Hakim Barefoot on the Beach - All. The > symbols are accents that mean you can make those notes slightly louder than the rest. Be sure to bounce and play the staccato notes like a chicken pecking at their food. I wrote in the places where your hand positions change. G major scale - [...]
I'm away for the next two weeks! Lessons will continue as usual, and Jonny will fill in on Feb 24th. Nova Warmups (1min each) **keep thumbs on sticks--no boxing mits --8 on a hand --Singles; doubles; paradiddles --Roll exercise (apple-apple-watermelon-watermelon) *Alfred Lesson 6 Comination Study(10min) --Work on writing the counts out above the notes! Ask for some help from your [...]
Have a great week everyone <3 Enjoy the snow! Liam - please register for exam, teacher number 130747 Melody in F by Rubenstein - all. Nice work, check out the written fingering because it will make legato playing much easier. Keep working through the B section as it goes through different key centres. *New* At Night at the River - [...]